Charlie Melançon

Charlie Melançon (3 October 1947-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-LA 3) from 3 January 2005 to 3 January 2011, succeeding Billy Tauzin and preceding Jeff Landry.

Biography
Charlie Melançon was born in Napoleonville, Louisiana (50 miles south of Baton Rouge) in 1947, and he was a small business owner before serving in the State House from 1987 to 1993. In 2004, he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a conservative Blue Dog, Southern Democrat, having social conservative views but also voting for the DREAM Act and the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell"; he was strongly supportive of small businesses and voted against limitations on south Louisiana's oil industry. He ran for the US Senate against Republican David Vitter in 2010, but he was defeated. From 2016 to 2017, he served as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries under Governor John Bel Edwards.